Deborah began her career as a child actress in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Guthrie Theater in such stage productions as A Christmas Carol and The Taming of the Shrew.As a teenager, Deborah moved wit ...Show More
Deborah began her career as a child actress in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Guthrie Theater in such stage productions as A Christmas Carol and The Taming of the Shrew.As a teenager, Deborah moved with her family to Los Angeles and immediately began working in feature films: Straight Time with Dustin Hoffman, Lepke with Tony Curtis and in various MOWs including Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid and the television series Happy Days.She then moved behind the camera into film editorial and was fortunate to work with such directors as Francis Ford Coppola, Caleb Deschanel and Wim Wenders while at Hollywood's Zoetrope Studios. Deborah worked closely with Mr. Coppola and his son, Gio in the first video film-to-tape editing system on Apocalypse Now, One from the Heart, The Escape Artist and Hammett. Deborah began working as a film editor on the Emmy Award-winning television series China Beach, editing the series finale.While working with Blake Edwards on feature films such as Victor, Victoria, The Man Who Loved Women, and Micki and Maude, Blake mentored Deborah as a screenwriter. Deborah's first feature screenplay was optioned by Columbia Pictures. She continued honing her craft in writing and producing, directing her first feature film at the age of 30.As a screenwriter, Deborah developed feature film scripts for New Star Entertainment, MGM Studios, Viacom, Universal and 20th Century Fox Studios.Deborah produced, the Emmy Award-winning Anne Frank: The Whole Story for ABC television and at Disney and Warner Bros. produced numerous movie-of-the-week and pilot productions for directors Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, Rod Lurie, Robert Dornhelm and David Frankel.Deborah wrote and directed Patients, a television comedy sitcom pilot with her writer/director partner Vincent J. Wiley which led to them forming their production company, 19TH Day Pictures.They completed casting their co-written comedy, Escort Service that Vincent and Deborah will direct. The film stars; Dermot Mulroney, Rebecca De Morney, Armand Assante, Clint Howard and Keith David.Deborah co-wrote the feature animated screenplay, Vincent the Artist which is in production and being animated in India. They have a 4-minute promo for the magical, beautifully animated production which can be viewed on Youtube.19TH Day Pictures is a motion picture production company shaped by Deborah and Vincent, a multi-talented pair of filmmakers along with a team of industry professionals with over 35 years of entertainment experience who are committed to bringing great stories to life. Hide
